Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1 Samuel 25:15
as long as we were conversant with them Lit. all the days we went to and fro with them. "Conversant" from Lat. conversari, to dwell or abide with, signifies "associated" or "living along with."
as long as we were conversant with them Lit. all the days we went to and fro with them. "Conversant" from Lat. conversari, to dwell or abide with, signifies "associated" or "living along with."
CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The death of Samuel (1 Samuel 25:1)_ 2. Nabal and his refusal (1 Samuel 25:2) 3. Abigail's deed and her prayer (1 Samuel 25:14) 4. David's answer to Abigail ...
1 SAMUEL 25:1 A. (TO RAMAH). DEATH AND BURIAL OF SAMUEL. (An editorial addition.) 1 SAMUEL 25:1. IN HIS HOUSE: in the grounds belonging to it. 1 Samuel 25:1 b -...
_Abigail Appeals to David._ 1 Samuel 25:14-38 14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed o...
_BUT ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN TOLD ABIGAIL, NABAL'S WIFE, SAYING, BEHOLD, DAVID SENT MESSENGERS OUT OF THE WILDERNESS TO SALUTE OUR MASTER; AND HE RAILED ON THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
DEATH OF SAMUEL. THE INCIDENT OF NABAL. DAVID AND ABIGAIL 1. Paran] That part of the desert between Sinai and Palestine which bordered on Judah....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 25 SAMUEL THE *PROPHET DIES V1 Samuel died. All the *Israelites met together and were very sad. Then they buried Samuel in his home town of Ra...
BUT THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US. — The “young man” in question who spoke thus to his mistress, Abigail, was evidently one in high authority in the sheep farms of Nabal. His testimony in 1 Samuel 25...
וְ הָ֣ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים טֹבִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ
CHAPTER XXXII. _ DAVID AND NABAL._ 1 Samuel 25:1. WE should be forming far too low an estimate of the character of the people of Israel if we did not believe that they were very profoundly moved by...
A RICH MAN'S CHURLISHNESS 1 Samuel 25:2 This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of Hebron. See Joshua 15:55. Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none of that hero's spir...
We now have the account of Samuel's death. Notwithstanding all Israel's failure to realize his high ideals, it was impossible that they should not recognize his greatness, and it is easy to believe th...
But the men [were] very good (f) unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: (f) When we kept our sheep in the wil...
(14) But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. (15) But the men were very good unto...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
At length Samuel dies. This forms an epoch, because he who was the true link between the people and God was gone. Israel acknowledged him when dead, although they had despised him while living. And no...
BUT THE MEN [WERE] VERY GOOD UNTO US,.... Very kind and civil, yea, very useful and serviceable, even all the messengers David sent and Nabal railed on, yea, all David's men, and therefore deserved be...
But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: Ver. 15. _And we were not hurt._] So stri...
_But one of the young men told Abigail_, &c. One of those belonging to Nabal. Who can help admiring the wisdom and fidelity of this shepherd, who admonished his mistress of the danger her family was i...
1 Samuel dieth. 2 Dauid in Paran sendeth to Nabal. 10 Prouoked by Nabals churlishnesse, hee mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abigail vnderstanding thereof, 18 taketh a present, 23 and by her wisedome...
But the men, namely, those of David, WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND WE WERE NOT HURT, injured, made subjects of shame and contempt, NEITHER MISSED WE ANYTHING AS LONG AS WE WERE CONVERSANT WITH THEM, dur...
Abigail's Tact and Prudence...
David's moral victory over Saul and over his own natural instincts has been most admirable. However, in this chapter we see him showing just the opposite attitude. It seems hardly possible that this c...
HURT: _ Heb._ shamed...
12-17 God is kind to the evil and unthankful, and why may not we be so? David determined to destroy Nabal, and all that belonged to him. Is this thy voice, O David? Has he been so long in the school...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 25:15 men H582 very H3966 good H2896 hurt H3637 (H8717) miss H6485 (H8804) anything H3972 as...
DAVID'S REACTION. Humanly speaking David's reaction was inevitable. What Nabal had said was deliberately insulting, contrary to custom and an act of open hostility. It was a refusal to accept the norm...
ABIGAIL INFORMS NABAL OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND NABAL HAS A HEART ATTACK AND DIES (1 SAMUEL 25:6 B). On receiving news from Abigail about how close they had come to disaster Nabal had a stroke and die...
CONTENTS: Samuel's death; David and Nabal. Abigail becomes David's wife, and also Ahinoam. CHARACTERS: God, David, Samuel, Nabal, Abigail. CONCLUSION: Let the believer be encouraged to commit his ca...
1 Samuel 25:1. _Samuel died,_ four months, say the rabbins, before the death of Saul. The elders of the nation from all the tribes attended, to behold the glory of a setting sun, which left its lustre...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 25:2. “MAON.” A city of Judah (Joshua 15:55), situated on a hill now called _Tell Main_, about seven or eight miles south of Hebron. It is now in ruins. “CARMEL...
EXPOSITION DEATH OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 25:1). 1 SAMUEL 25:1 AND SAMUEL DIED. According to Josephus, Samuel had for eighteen years been contemporaneous with Saul's kingdom. If this calculation, which p...
Now Samuel died; and all of the Israelites were gathered together, and lamenting him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there wa...
1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 25:7; Philippians 2:15...